Mission: Impossible II
John Woo (Face/Off) directs Tom Cruise's second outing as Ethan Hunt, this time in Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease.
With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission plunges him into the centre of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
- Director:
- John Woo ('Face/Off', 'Red Cliff', 'Hard Boiled')
- Writer:
- Robert Towne
- Cast:
- Tom CruiseDougray ScottThandie NewtonVing RhamesRichard RoxburghJohn PolsonBrendan GleesonRade SerbedzijaAnthony Hopkins
Reviews & comments
Village Voice
pressA vaguely absurd epidemiological thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.
Variety
pressWoo lays on his own particular high-octane stylishness so thick the results edge perilously toward self-parody.
Time Out
pressWoo's hysterically hyper visuals and boytoy gimmickry can't camouflage the emptiness of the enterprise.
The New York Times
pressIf Mr. Cruise peeled off his face and turned out to have been Chow Yun Fat all along, the picture might be saved.
Roger Ebert
pressIf the first movie was entertaining as sound, fury and movement, this one is more evolved, more confident, more sure-footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action.
New York Post
pressCheck your brains at the popcorn stand and hang on for a spectacular ride.
Los Angeles Times
pressOnce Woo unleashes his bad self and ignites the proceedings here, once the glass shatters, the flames erupt, the gunshots ricochet and the doves fly, all is well with M:I-2.
Village Voice
pressA vaguely absurd epidemiological thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.
Variety
pressWoo lays on his own particular high-octane stylishness so thick the results edge perilously toward self-parody.
Time Out
pressWoo's hysterically hyper visuals and boytoy gimmickry can't camouflage the emptiness of the enterprise.
The New York Times
pressIf Mr. Cruise peeled off his face and turned out to have been Chow Yun Fat all along, the picture might be saved.
Roger Ebert
pressIf the first movie was entertaining as sound, fury and movement, this one is more evolved, more confident, more sure-footed in the way it marries minimal character development to seamless action.
New York Post
pressCheck your brains at the popcorn stand and hang on for a spectacular ride.
Los Angeles Times
pressOnce Woo unleashes his bad self and ignites the proceedings here, once the glass shatters, the flames erupt, the gunshots ricochet and the doves fly, all is well with M:I-2.
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